diff --git a/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.cpp b/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.cpp
index 11cb2e76f..5c70f287b 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.cpp
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ namespace Opm
         , minTimeStepBasedOnIterations_(minTimeStepBasedOnIterations)
     {}
 
+    PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl
+    PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl::serializationTestObject()
+    {
+        return {1, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, true};
+    }
+
     double PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl::
     computeTimeStepSize( const double dt, const int iterations, const RelativeChangeInterface& relChange,  const double simulationTimeElapsed ) const
     {
@@ -264,4 +270,13 @@ namespace Opm
         return std::min(dtEstimatePID, dtEstimateIter);
     }
 
+    bool PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl::operator==(const PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl& ctrl) const
+    {
+        return static_cast<const PIDTimeStepControl&>(*this) == ctrl &&
+               this->target_iterations_ == ctrl.target_iterations_ &&
+               this->decayDampingFactor_ == ctrl.decayDampingFactor_ &&
+               this->growthDampingFactor_ == ctrl.growthDampingFactor_ &&
+               this->minTimeStepBasedOnIterations_ == ctrl.minTimeStepBasedOnIterations_;
+    }
+
 } // end namespace Opm
diff --git a/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.hpp b/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.hpp
index a133d6958..11c5fa574 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/timestepping/TimeStepControl.hpp
@@ -138,9 +138,23 @@ namespace Opm
                                              const double minTimeStepBasedOnIterations = 0.,
                                              const bool verbose = false);
 
+        static PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl serializationTestObject();
+
         /// \brief \copydoc TimeStepControlInterface::computeTimeStepSize
         double computeTimeStepSize( const double dt, const int iterations, const RelativeChangeInterface& relativeChange, const double /*simulationTimeElapsed */ ) const;
 
+        template<class Serializer>
+        void serializeOp(Serializer& serializer)
+        {
+            serializer(static_cast<PIDTimeStepControl&>(*this));
+            serializer(target_iterations_);
+            serializer(decayDampingFactor_);
+            serializer(growthDampingFactor_);
+            serializer(minTimeStepBasedOnIterations_);
+        }
+
+        bool operator==(const PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl&) const;
+
     protected:
         const int     target_iterations_;
         const double  decayDampingFactor_;
diff --git a/tests/test_RestartSerialization.cpp b/tests/test_RestartSerialization.cpp
index 30df39bdc..3983000c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_RestartSerialization.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_RestartSerialization.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(NAME) \
     TEST_FOR_TYPE_NAMED(TYPE, TYPE)
 
 TEST_FOR_TYPE(HardcodedTimeStepControl)
+TEST_FOR_TYPE(PIDAndIterationCountTimeStepControl)
 TEST_FOR_TYPE(PIDTimeStepControl)
 TEST_FOR_TYPE(SimpleIterationCountTimeStepControl)
 TEST_FOR_TYPE(SimulatorTimer)